On the nameless hills, there were people everywhere, but there was less sound of fierce fighting.

It was only a day since An Xianguo led the Hongtang cavalry to the aid of the nameless hills, and the Qing army stationed on the spot finally persevered until the arrival of night, allowing it to breathe.

And the cavalry division, which came from afar and did not hesitate to coax her to be insufficient, also temporarily gave up the sniping of the Qing army on the hill after nightfall.

It's just that An Xianguo didn't expect that the Qing Dynasty commander Prince Li Daishan suddenly attacked in the middle of the night, with the remnants of more than 30,000 soldiers broke out, relying on the cover of the night, fleeing in the direction of Qingxi City in the northeast, An Xianguo They reacted quickly and regrouped to prepare for the pursuit, but after all, the horses galloped for a day, and the vision was not clear, and finally let Dai Shan and others escape into Qingxi City, which has a strong city defense.

Of course, the price paid by the Qing Dynasty was also expensive, in order to ensure that Qingxi City would not be pursued by the commander of the Hongtang cavalry division who was pursued by the tail of the tail, and the strong man of Prince Daishan broke his wrist and stayed behind more than 5,000 Jurchen Mongolian soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, plus the Han army and Korean soldiers who were ready to give up at the beginning, a night pursuit reduced the strength of Dai Shan's troops by at least 1/3, and the number of people who finally fled back to the city would not exceed 20,000.

"Division Commander, have found the corpses of Division Commander Wu!"

After dawn on the second day, the soldiers of the Hongtang Cavalry Division cleaned the battlefield, and at the same time, under the leadership of An Xianguo, dug nine feet into the ground to find the bodies of the Hongtang soldiers, preparing to cremate them and bring back the ashes to be buried on the west mountain of Keelung Town.

A guard came to the top of the nameless mountain with a heavy and worried look and reported to An Xianguo, who was sorting out the corpses of the soldiers who had been excavated from the soil with a group of companions on the top of the mountain.

"Whew!!"

An Xianguo fell to the ground with a wet cloth in his hand to clean the remains of the fallen soldiers, and then when he raised his head, a strong sense of sadness overflowed.

Although he had been prepared in his heart, when this ominous premonition was finally verified, An Xianguo still couldn't help but feel sad for the sacrifice of this childhood friend.

Tanmen disciples like Wu Chao and An Xianguo, with the various expansions and developments of Hongmen over the years, they will be naturally eliminated by birth, old age, sickness and death, and there are fewer and fewer partners who can still come together.

The more they reach middle age, the more they cherish their youthful partners and the solid friendship they gathered when they were teenagers. Every year, when everyone gets together, they will always get together unscrupulously and unabashedly to get together and chat.

Now that another childhood friend has died in battle, it is really a sad thing for a close friend like An Xianguo, who grew up together since childhood and has been with him until middle age.

Hurried all the way, An Xianguo, who was nearly forty years old, personally went into battle to help, in order to catch up with Wu Chao and them before they were wiped out and relieve the siege, but unfortunately it was still a step too slow.

"Take care of Master Wu's body, and then send it to the beach, so that Wu Fen can see his father for the last time!!"

Grief can only last for a short period of time, but An Xianguo has to quickly sort out his emotions, because on the battlefield, there will not be much they can do, even if their close comrades-in-arms are killed, but they have traveled thousands of miles to help, and their purpose has not been achieved, but they can't go back empty-handed.

The more than 10,000 soldiers who had just engulfed the Qing army were just an appetizer for An Xianguo, and the sadness of not being able to save Wu Chao and other comrades-in-arms, as well as the fact that the Qing Dynasty, the only mobile force in the country in the short term, had been crippled, An Xianguo did not think about going home.

"The order goes down, except for the cavalry battalion that escorted the prisoners and retreated, the rest of the battalions must be ready to go out before twelve o'clock at noon!!"

In addition to chasing the remnants of the Qing Dynasty overnight, the rest of the time was spent recovering the horsepower of the war horse's long-distance gallop, and the horse's physical strength recovery was not bad in the morning, which was enough for An Xianguo's troops to conduct a short-distance battle.

"Yes!"

"Let's use the blood of the Qing people to pay tribute to our fallen companions, so that they can have more companions on the way to Huangquan and so on, so that they will not be lonely!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!! ”

The roar of thousands of Hongtang cavalry roared into the sky, reaching the city to the east that was guarded by a strong wall, and a group of Prince Daishan and others, who were solemnly staring at the strong knights outside the city, all felt a chill in their backs and bitter in their hearts.

At this moment, Prince Daishan watched the Ming army outside the city swearing, but they were also helpless, the soldiers and horses that could be mobilized in the short term in the Qing Dynasty had been brought out by themselves, and even he himself did not expect that he was just facing a Ming partial division, with several times the local numerical advantage, but in the end he only ended up with a miserable victory.

What's even more sad and terrifying is that the Ming army in Dongjiang Town obviously has a stronger cavalry force, but in the competition with the Qing Dynasty over the years, it has always disguised itself as an existence with some strength, but it cannot pose a mortal threat to the Qing Dynasty.

After his younger brother Dolgon led the main army of the Qing Dynasty to the south, the Ming army in Dongjiang Town suddenly attacked and showed its great strength, not only divided into several troops to fight, but the strength of each army was not weaker than their elite Jurchen Eight Banners.

What a forbearant but deadly leader this is, Prince Daishan did not believe that the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty had the courage to sacrifice their hundreds of years of royal capital to do this overall situation, but he really couldn't imagine that in addition to the Ming Dynasty, there were other forces that had the ability to force the powerful Aixin Jueluo family dynasty to this.

It was only at this time that Prince Daishan had to pay attention to what the patriarchs of the major families who migrated from Jinzhong said that the Hongmen forces that rose in Nanyang in the Ming Dynasty were actually a lurking poisonous snake, quietly waiting for the two tigers of the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty to duel, waiting for the opportunity to launch a fatal blow to the winner.

Otherwise, Prince Daishan really couldn't imagine that in today's situation, where did such a powerful Han army come from, and the army under his command, which was not the strongest combat force in the Qing Dynasty, but was also the main force of the second line, was forced to defend the city and fell to the point of the Ming army in Liaodong back then, how ironic.

There was a lot of emotion in his heart, but Prince Daishan's expression was also extremely embarrassed, the Qing soldiers who fled into Qingxi City and resisted the 10,000 Ming troops outside the city, according to common sense, there should be no problem.

After all, this Ming army was mainly cavalry, and did not carry any siege equipment, and wanted to attack Qingxi City, which was guarded by city walls, but it was something that Prince Daishan was willing to see.

But I'm afraid, this Ming army didn't think about fighting with their Qing people!!

(End of chapter)